ABSTRACT
Conscription could for the first as a key a modern invention stand out as an integral part of the 'script' underlying Denmark. This chapter explores the essence of Denmark as a political project by using conscription as an inroad. The system of conscription was, in other words, regarded as having turned quite unfair in essence and amounted to an intolerable expression of inequality. The various military and political arguments would converge and consequently, conscription as a form of military manpower recruitment could figure as an unquestioned given, one residing at the very core of Denmark. The new temporal as well as spatial comprehension implied that Denmark, as a political project, had to be constrained and became confined to very little in territorial terms. Germany's occupation of Denmark reconfirmed and further strengthened the belief that Denmark was at the mercy of major power policies.
